Sheridan At Cedar Creek Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABCBCBDEEB FGAGCGHHHG IJKJLJDMEJ NOPOPOQQQO| October | A |
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| Shoe the steed with silver | A |
| That bore him to the fray | B |
| When he heard the guns at dawning | C |
| Miles away | B |
| When he heard them calling calling | C |
| Mount nor stay | B |
| Quick or all is lost | D |
| They've surprised and stormed the post | E |
| They push your routed host | E |
| Gallop retrieve the day | B |
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| House the horse in ermine | F |
| For the foam flake blew | G |
| White through the red October | A |
| He thundered into view | G |
| They cheered him in the looming | C |
| Horseman and horse they knew | G |
| The turn of the tide began | H |
| The rally of bugles ran | H |
| He swung his hat in the van | H |
| The electric hoof spark flew | G |
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| Wreathe the steed and lead him | I |
| For the charge he led | J |
| Touched and turned the cypress | K |
| Into amaranths for the head | J |
| Of Philip king of riders | L |
| Who raised them from the dead | J |
| The camp at dawning lost | D |
| By eve recovered forced | M |
| Rang with laughter of the host | E |
| At belated Early fled | J |
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| Shroud the horse in sable | N |
| For the mounds they heap | O |
| There is firing in the Valley | P |
| And yet no strife they keep | O |
| It is the parting volley | P |
| It is the pathos deep | O |
| There is glory for the brave | Q |
| Who lead and nobly save | Q |
| But no knowledge in the grave | Q |
| Where the nameless followers sleep | O |
Herman Melville
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